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Darren Day has chatted to his fellow housemates about the time he was blackmailed by phone hackers.

The actor began a relationship with his Summer Holiday co-star Suzanne Shaw when hackers got their hands on a phone conversation and threatened to expose the pair, who were both in relationships at the time.

Speaking about the incident, which happened in 2003, he said: ‘They called me and told me they have three hours of audio from you and Suzanne, and if we don’t both give them a free interview we’ll put it on an 0898 number.

‘I said I don’t believe ya and he quoted lines. Like graphic, horrible, private, personal lines.’

Darren explained that he and Suzanne then had to come clean about their affair to their other halves and were forced into hiding following the scandal.

‘We then went to see our partners to tell them we have met someone else and have feelings for each other. So she finished with her partner and I finished with mine.

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‘We then got in a car and went up to Manchester, and were in hiding for about five days.’

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They were then together for a year and a half, during which time they had son Corey.

The self-confessed former ‘love rat’ has since changed his ways and is now happily married to Stephanie Dooley, but has still had to reject the advances of Tiffany Pollard in the house, who has been vocal about being ‘sex starved’ since entering the reality show.

One evening she approached the 47-year-old and told him: ‘I have something to admit to you, I don’t mean any harm.

‘You’re such a nice man, you’re such a force in here you know. I would never want you to mention this to anyone else, but you’re so sexy.

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‘I tried to deny it, but you’re just so masculine. And your looks and the way you just speak, everything about you.

‘I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think of you in those ways.’

Feeling uncomfortable, Darren then told her: ‘I’m very flattered, but you know I’m happily married and there’s only one woman for me and that’s my wife.’

On another occasion, Tiffany angered Darren’s wife by asking him: ‘Have you ever fantasised about cheating on your wife?’

He replied: ‘Hand on heart, no.’

The actor was later seen becoming incredibly emotional during a phone call with his wife as part of a CBB task.